Posted on 04/17/2012 6:26:17 AM PDT by iowamark
STAR TREK brings life Jim, but not as we know it, to London this October in the form of a convention featuring all five captains – including 81-year-old William Shatner - of the long-running TV series, the first time the quintet has appeared on stage together.
Destination Star Trek London, as the live event is to be known, boldly goes to the Excel exhibition centre between the 19 and 21 October and is the first Star Trek convention in London for ten years. Its website launches today.
"We are going to make this really interactive," said Rob Nathan, one of the show’s organisers.
"There are going to be stunt displays, we are going to recreate some sets and get some original sets. People will be able to sit on the Starship bridge with members of the cast.
"It's going to be an absolute pilgrimage for Star Trek fans."
Up to 15,000 Star Trek fans are expected to beam down to Destination Star Trek, which will feature plenty of other cast members from the five series, as well as the captains.
"The Star Trek fan base in the UK is one of the biggest in the world, and it has waited a long time for the convention to return, so we wanted to make sure we did it right," said Liz Kalodner of CBS Consumer Products, which owns the Star Trek TV franchise.
Those five captains are:
William Shatner, Captain Kirk in the original series starting back in 1966; English skipper Sir Patrick Stewart, who played Captain Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1987–94; Avery Brooks, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Commander Sisko between 1993 and 1999; Kate Mulgrew, Captain Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager from 1995 to 2001 and Scott Bakula, Captain Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise from 2001 to 05.
Tickets for Destination Star Trek London go on sale on 30 April.
Hunter died long ago, the Shat is in his 80’s.
please . what happened to all the travel-back-in-time episodes they foisted upon us? And they can’t go back and get Jeffrey Hunter? ((shaking my head))
Wait they forgot about Captain Sulu!
Rachael Garrett, Captain, Enterprise 1701C
Star Trek is indirectly related to the election of Barack Obama.
Oh my......
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The Captian Pike episode was terrific. I still remember as a kid!
Shatner made a great little documentary in 2011 interviewing all 4 television captains, and including Chris Pine from the 2009 film, who did a great job honoring the 60’s Captain Kirk swagger created by Shatner. Shatner is a good, fun and funny interviewer.
The film is called “the Captains” and it's available on Netflix.
> Star Trek is indirectly related to the election of Barack Obama.
I blame Seven-Of-Nine. Resistance was futile.
Shatner on SNL was one of the funniest, self-effacing bits I can recall!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeS4tVFbNNk
(Sorry, Trekkie Freepers!)
Chris Pine?
He’s dead, Jim.
Can NOT believe I was first to post that.
He had a wooden acting style.
Movie captain. This gig is for TV captains only.
I saw a Star Trekker with a phaser in his hand
Walking through the halls of the Federation
He was looking for a place called Spacedock West
Gonna get a big cache of tricorders
Aaoooooo!
Star Trekkers of London!
Aaoooooo! (Repeat)
If you hear him beamin’ in through your bulkheads
Better stun him right away
Two klingons got decapitated last night
Star Trekkers of London again
Asoooooo!
Star Trekkers of London!
Aaoooooo! (Repeat)
Well, I saw Bill Shatner walking with Nimoy
Doing the Star Trekkers of London
Well, I saw Bill Shatner walking with Nimoy
Doing the Star Trekkers of London
I saw a Bill Shatner drinking a pina colada at Ten Foward
And his toupee was perfect
Asoooooo!
Star Trekkers of London!
Aaoooooo! (Repeat)
I remember the days when there were editors.
Captain Pike! Oh, yeah. I remember when that aired. It was a two-part episode and I called my sister and said, “whatever happens in the rest of the world or in my life, I WILL be in front of my television for Part II next week.”
Now, we’re so spoiled with DVR, etc.
That was a great episode. They did, at least, reprise him in the latest movie.
“I blame Seven-Of-Nine. Resistance was futile.”
FWIW, her alleged resistance to her husband’s wishes GAVE us the Fraud.
... not including the salacious judge who decided that we all needed to hear about it.
Yeah, jeez, don't these Freepers know anything?
Seven of Nine ... a beautiful woman. the only reason I watch that tv show ... some forensic crap.
Then Captain Sulu is required, too.
Some Star Trek fans complained that the final episode of “Enterprise” was a holodeck simulation of Riker’s on the Enterprise-D.
They might as well have had Al step in and prepare Capt. Archer for his next leap.
Nice sentiment.
Any way I could be beamed there to join them?
I’d be able to swim and play tennis.
Ping
Thanks for posting a thread I can actually enjoy on Free Republic.
Captain April (although is a Commodore as he appears here) also sends his regrets
He’s dead, Jim.
Yeah, I watched “The Captains” not too long ago. It was surprisingly well done and I enjoyed it.
I think I’m probably in the minority, but I really liked “Enterprise”, definitely moreso than DS9, Voyager and even a bit more than a lot of the NG episodes, some of which I thought were just silly.
Been watching them lately on CBS’s site - most of the episodes are available, although they don’t make them easy to find.
There were a few dud episodes, but I find Enterprise to be far more watchable than most of the shows on network TV these days.
Capt Sulu and Excelsior are on assignment: circling Uranus looking for Klingons. And looking FABULOUS doing so ...
(sorry had to be said)
And Captain Spock, in ST II:TWoK.
He was just FABULOUS!
Geez, you beat me to the F word, LOL.
The original 60’s show and Next Generation are great. The follow ons after Next Gen didn’t interest me at all.
Jeffrey Hunter was a very handsome man with bright blue eyes. I remember his role opposite John Wayne in "The Searchers", and his portrayal of Jesus in "King of Kings." Didn't realize until years later that his 3rd wife was Emily McLaughlin, who played Nurse Jessie Brewer on General Hospital.
“The Cage” was used in the two-part “The Menagerie” in TOS. The 1988 version had some scenes not show in TOS, and some were in B&W because the original color prints were lost, IIRC.
I liked Enterprise best out of all of them, too. Most of my family agreed. It was grittier and more dangerous. We were very disappointed with its early demise.
Is it this one called ‘ The Captain’s Summit’, which is narrated by Whoopie Goldberg?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9G5ciMqFNM&feature=related
NO!
God forbid no!
I mean this one:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1946421/
This was a movie that Shatner made himself.
I like his interview style. I became a bigger fan of the Shat after his great interview with Rush a few years ago.
LOL!
Sorry... didn’t mean to hurt your sensibilities by mentioning Whoopie!
:0)
(come to think of it, I think I hurt mine! lol!)
You are correct; “The Cage” never actually aired in its entirety in the series. It was rejected by the studio as “too cerebral”, but it impressed them enough that they gave the unprecedented order to make a second pilot, which won them over.
Circa 1988 there was a restored version of “The Cage” (assembled from “The Menagerie” and Gene Roddenberry’s black-and-white copy of the pilot) released on tape; sometime in the 1990s a complete color copy of “The Cage” was reportedly discovered in a Paramount film vault and aired as a TV special.
“We were very disappointed with its early demise.”
I blame the theme music. Pathetic.
LOL!
I remember my sister and I had alternating days where we could pick 1 hour of what we wanted to watch.
Of course HER day was the one Star Trek premiered on, so I traded my entire week just to have that one day.
In the tradition of big sisterhood, she tried to renege on the deal just as the show was about to start. I launched myself across the living room and proceeded to do my best to wipe that smug look off her face with the living room floor. [Thank goodness Mom was in the next room and heard the whole thing.]
After that, our 'choosing' days got switched, and I never missed an episode!
Oh, yeah. The theme was not Trekian at all. Lyrics?!
No kidding
Why would her husband wish to watch her gangbanged?
A bit much freak for me
She is a babe
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